Journal of a Grassroots Economist

Journal of a Grassroots Economist

Cellular: Can You Build a Living Circuit?

A small open-source puzzle game about flow, mutual need, limits, and repair

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Will Ruddick
Jun 05, 2026
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What happens when a cell has something to give, something it needs, and only a few neighbors it can trust?

That is the little world inside Cellular, a new open-source puzzle and arcade game from Grassroots Economics.

  • I made a short walkthrough video here: Watch the video on YouTube

  • You can also play the game here: Play Cellular

  • And the code is open source: …

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